Nacho Z

An absolutely stunning model! Bravo!

The second deadline for this FB group build is this week, the end of the month. This will probably be the last update. Because I have not been very faithful with my updates, the leap in progress is a bit large. I just haven't had my heart in this one. A quick mockup. At this point, the body work is complete, and she is under primer. The frame is built, the rubber is on, and the engine is nearly finished. I shot 4 coats of House of Kolor Brandywine over Tamiya TS-21 Gold. The pictures don't really capture the true color that you would see in person. It is a darker red than the pictures show. Three coats of Tamiya TS-13 Clear straight from the can. The tank and body have not been polished yet. And of course, another mockup. You may notice additional parts added since the last mockup a few pictures prior to this one. Last night I masked off the seat and painted it. The masking took way longer than I thought it would. The seat is a concave, compound curve. That's it. My next post on this one should be in the Under Glass section. Let me know if you have any questions about this build or this kit. I'd be happy to answer them. Thanks for checking in!

Fandamntastic!!

Outstanding model, Serg! Thank you for the great photos of it, too.

Very nice! Did you have any issues with the build?

Fantastic finish on this, Gustavo! I have always thought this was such a cool model. You did a great job on it.

Gotta love Grumpy’s cars. This is a good looking Camaro!

Very nice model, Donald! Your 1:1 is just beautiful.

Very nice! Definitely an award winner!

And now for a bit of a different compliment. We all know this will be stunning when finished, that is basically a given. What I really appreciate is this; I appreciate the amount of time and effort you put into the narrative, the explanation of what you did, why you did it and how you did it. Secondly, I appreciate the clear, in focus and uncluttered photos that accompany your narratives. I get that not everyone is a wordsmith, but everyone can take a second to take a decent photo. I appreciate you doing both, Steve.

Beautiful build! I love that top down shot!

Very, very nice!

I really can't add much more than what has already been said. Just an all around great looking Vette!

Very nice!

Outstanding! I would have never thought of that color combo but it looks so good together. Nice job, John!

Not Monday night, but I thought I would do a quick update on the trike. I masked the battery box (?) strap and shot some Alclad chrome just to add some visual interest. I also was able to add a little more to the frame. Here is another example of the quality control issue with this kit. I am assuming it was still a little warm when it was packaged. I know the mold is not misshapen like this. The "rubber" is nice and thick and seems to have a bit of a memory. I tried to straighten it out but was unsuccessful. I went ahead and glued the wheels in.

I probably have a few that fall into this category. I'm going to stick with the Hasegawa 962C kit. It is the same model with different decals. The molding is nice and the model is fairly simple and goes together well. The 962Cs are on the left with other Hasegawa kits on the right. BTW, this is not all of the Hasegawa kits in the stash, just the ones on this shelf.

I literally and honestly thought of you when I asked this question. I have seen it written both ways on model kit boxes, ( / versus : ). I would say, generally speaking, the Japanese kits have : instead of /. Thank you, Bill, for answering the question. I was hoping it was one or the other but I just couldn't figure out which way was the right way.

Second question of the day. I have a lot of kits and I keep a spreadsheet to keep track of them. I just noticed this, this morning. Both kits have the same kit number, 7504. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thank you!

This may be a silly question, but it is something that has been bugging me for a while. When stating the scale of a model kit in writing, is it 1/25 or 1:25? I'm really hoping that someone can explain it to me in simple terms. Also, is it a fraction, a ratio or maybe a proportion? I doubt it is a proportion. I have tried to Google it but didn't have much luck, probably because I didn't know how to ask the right question. Thanks!

She’s a good looking model, Brent. I think you’ve done a great job with your decal work.

They say that time flies when you are having fun. This is not the case with me...lol. It has been over a month since my first, and only, post. Obviously, Halloween has come and gone. I missed the deadline. Fortunately, it appears that everyone else did too! The admins extended the deadline until the end of November. This kit, The Evil Iron Trike, has been a joy stealing, soul sucking, pig of a kit. I suppose it does not help that I'm trying to hit a deadline. Anyhow, let me show you where I am at with it. I will put a caption above each picture as needed. Here are the mace ball taillights. The molding is fairly representative of many parts in the kit. One taillight cleaned up, one to go. You have to install 8 individual spikes to each taillight. The attachment points on each spike are rather large. A little time and effort with a sanding stick and/or pad will help smooth everything out. I didn't take a lot of pictures of the engine while it was being built. In the sake of time I had decided to just leave the kit chrome pieces as is. There was a lot of scraping to remove the chrome so that glue would work. I added a black wash on the ribbed bits. The frame was on par with every other piece of this kit. This picture is a little out of chronological order, but I wanted to show the gas tank and back side of the body. Multiple sessions of sanding, filling, priming, sanding, filling, priming. The gas tank is ready for paint. The back side of the body is also as good as it gets and ready for paint. As of last night, I glued in the front side of the body, (the piece with the seat), and it is worse than the back. Lastly, I decided to light the skull eyes, the headlights and the taillights. I purchased a few items from Evan Designs and started to play with them. The original setup was far too bright. I painted the inside of the skull black and I will use the taillight LEDs in the eyes and the eye LEDs in the taillights. That is all for tonight. I will be back when I have some significant progress to post. Thanks for checking in!

These MFH kits are wonderful and in the hands of a master modeler such as yourself, can become amazing works of art!

Kevin, put me in the top spoon, dark green, camp!

She looks great, Jonathan!